NILES, MI – A Dowagiac woman was killed when her car collided with a pickup truck on U.S. 12 in a crash Friday morning involving that also involved a motorcycle, police said.

Lorelei Kickels, whose age was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene after her eastbound car was hit by a truck that crossed the center line at 5:31 a.m. between Red Bud Trail and Mayflower Road in Bertrand Township, the Berrien County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. A motorcyclist who was unable to stop in time to dodge the accident suffered minor injuries and was treated at Lakeland Hospital in Niles.

The driver of the pickup truck was a 28-year-old male from Klamath Falls, Ore., whose name was not released. He was transported to Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind. for treatment of injuries that were serious but non-life-threatening, the sheriff's office said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, although alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors, according to the news release. U.S. 12 was closed for about four hours while the investigation and cleanup took place.